Tagged Michael Troughton

“People often ask me, ‘what makes a good Doctor?’” Matt Smith once said. “My answer is simply, ‘Patrick Troughton.’” There’s something very special about the Second Doctor, and that’s down to Patrick Troughton who infuses every sentence with a unique joyous, contemplative quality. If you’ve watched anything from his tenure as the Time Lord, you’ll…

It’s the 50th anniversary of Patrick Troughton’s first appearance in Doctor Who this year, and a new book celebrates the brilliant man who quickly carved a place in the heart of many Whovians. Smile on Your Face is a collection of photographs from Patrick’s varied career, compiled by his son, Michael Troughton. Michael of course played…

With five key co-stars (plus a couple of elves), Steven Moffat still managed to keep things pretty tight in Last Christmas, enabling the guest cast to rise above the sort of one-line nonsense given to Tessa Peake-Jones in The Time of the Doctor or June Whitfield in The End of Time and introduce us to some…

Christmas is coming, and the BBC PR department is closing down for th “Winterval”. So with just under three weeks to go until the Big Day, they’ve released a collection of images from Last Christmas, which we’ve already learned airs at 6.15pm on Christmas Day. We’ve brought you video clips and the synopsis already, as…

Today the BBC has confirmed one or two names previously rumoured to be in the Doctor Who Christmas special 2014. Scroll down to see the surprise. Here’s how it was revealed on the BBC’s Doctor Who Facebook page… Post by Doctor Who. You should know the names. Nick Frost is a writer and comedy actor,…

The county of Derbyshire and Doctor Who have a long and illustrious history. Firstly, there’s Wenley Moor, home to the Wenley Moor nuclear research facility from Doctor Who and the Silurians. Then there’s that pesky Master; when he tried to launch a second invasion of the Kraals where did he choose to open the wormhole…

My friends, it is time. Feel our powerful news blast, which features phone hacking, a trip to Whooverville, Counter-Measures 3 and news of a voice artist cast in Doctor Who Series 8. But first… Doctor Who, Done Disney Have you always wanted to see a Disney Doctor Who movie? Of course you have! But until…